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Cincinnati Reds @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1915-08-16 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 1000 · 1:47

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Cincinnati Reds 5–4. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 2nd. Erv Kantlehner earned the win. Heinie Groh went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	5
PIT	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	13

W: Erv Kantlehner L: King Lear SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cy Rigler · 1B: Bob Emslie · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Heinie Groh	4	1	1	2	0	1
Bill Rodgers	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Williams	3	0	1	0	0	0
Red Killefer	3	0	0	0	1	0
Tommy Griffith	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Clarke	3	1	1	0	1	0
Joe Wagner	4	1	0	0	0	1
Fritz Mollwitz	3	1	2	1	0	0
Pete Schneider	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fritz Von Kolnitz	1	0	0	0	0	0
King Lear	1	0	0	0	0	0
Buck Herzog	0	0	0	0	1	0
Tommy Leach	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dan Costello	5	0	1	1	0	0
Zip Collins	5	1	3	0	0	0
Doc Johnston	5	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Hinchman	5	0	2	0	0	1
Honus Wagner	3	1	2	0	2	0
Jim Viox	4	0	1	2	0	0
Doug Baird	4	1	1	0	0	0
George Gibson	4	1	1	1	0	0
Erv Kantlehner	4	1	1	1	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pete Schneider	4.0	8	0	1
King Lear	4.2	5	2	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Erv Kantlehner	9.0	5	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Heinie Groh: 7
Bill Rodgers: K
Ken Williams: S8
Red Killefer: PO1(13)

Bot 1

Dan Costello: 2/FL
Zip Collins: D8/78
Doc Johnston: 3/P
Bill Hinchman: 43

Top 2

Red Killefer: 2
Tommy Griffith: 8
Tommy Clarke: 53

Bot 2

Honus Wagner: T7/78
Jim Viox: 43.3-H
Doug Baird: 8
George Gibson: E7/F.B-2
Erv Kantlehner: S8/78.2-H(UR);B-2(TH)
Dan Costello: S8/89.2-H(UR);B-2(TH)
Zip Collins: 13

Top 3

Joe Wagner: E4/TH.B-2
Fritz Mollwitz: S5.2-H(E5)(NR);B-2
Pete Schneider: 13/SH.2-3
Heinie Groh: HR8/L/IPHR.3-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Bill Rodgers: 63
Ken Williams: 8

Bot 3

Doc Johnston: S9
Bill Hinchman: K
Honus Wagner: 8
Jim Viox: 46(1)/FO

Top 4

Red Killefer: W
Tommy Griffith: 5/BP
Tommy Clarke: S9.1-3;BX2(54)
Joe Wagner: 13

Bot 4

Doug Baird: D9
George Gibson: S7.2-H
Erv Kantlehner: 43.1-2
Dan Costello: FC5.2X3(5);B-1
Zip Collins: SB2
Zip Collins: S3.2-3
Doc Johnston: 13

Top 5

Fritz Mollwitz: 4/P
Fritz Von Kolnitz: 63
Heinie Groh: K/C

Bot 5

Bill Hinchman: 8/L
Honus Wagner: S8.BX2(86)
Jim Viox: S9
Doug Baird: 53

Top 6

Bill Rodgers: 43
Ken Williams: 3/P
Red Killefer: 4/L

Bot 6

George Gibson: 7/L
Erv Kantlehner: 5/FL
Dan Costello: 3/FL

Top 7

Tommy Griffith: 43
Tommy Clarke: W
Joe Wagner: K+SB2
Fritz Mollwitz: PB.2-3
Fritz Mollwitz: S7.3-H
King Lear: 8

Bot 7

Zip Collins: 63
Doc Johnston: 3/G
Bill Hinchman: S7.B-2(E7)
Honus Wagner: IW
Jim Viox: 8/L/8D

Top 8

Heinie Groh: 8/L
Buck Herzog: W
Tommy Leach: 64(1)/FO
Red Killefer: 13

Bot 8

Doug Baird: 63
George Gibson: 63
Erv Kantlehner: 6/P

Top 9

Tommy Griffith: 5/L
Tommy Clarke: 7/7D/L
Joe Wagner: 2/FL

Bot 9

Dan Costello: 7/L
Zip Collins: S9/3
Doc Johnston: 9
Bill Hinchman: S8/P/8S.1-3
Honus Wagner: IW.1-2
Jim Viox: HP.3-H;2-3;1-2

Notes & reviews

Schneider became ill while at bat, leaves w/ 0-1 count (Von Kolnitz took over at bat)

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